In an interview carried out this evening after David Cameron warned that she had “questions to answer”, Ms Kirkbride appeared to blame her husband, Andrew MacKay, the Conservative MP for Bracknell, who announced last week that he will leave Parliament at the next general election, for giving her bad advice when she first became an MP.

While admitting that she knew how her husband had structured his expenses claims, she added that she had gone along with him due to her lack of experience. “He was told to do that by the Fees Office shortly after we got married, and he took that advice,” she said.

They are not fit to hold ANY job, never mind one in public office.Sack the lot of them, they are thieves and no longer have any credibility or moral standing with those that they are supposed to be serving - ie US, the British public !